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I have been reading your forum and realize that a lot of us (non-techies) have had our wallpaper hijacked. So I downloaded a copy of hijackthis and did a scan with a log. Here are the results. Can someone assist me further with this? PLEEEZE???:rolleyes: Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan …

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Hey Guys, I am new to this forum only because I have only just come across it. It looks very active and am excited to try it out so here goes: I restarted my confuser box 2 days ago to get "Windows could not start successfully" I was given the …

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I did a disk cleanup on my computer and now I cant find anything in my documents or in my pictures. How can I get them back?

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Why would someone say to defrag in safe mode vs REGULAR MODE? The issue stemmed from an APPICIATON error which I MAY not have have now What function key do I hit to do this???????? SAFE mode??? Whats the difference in the two, what does safe do that the other …

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have this problem..error message after opening a program i just installed access violation at address 0055E531 in module '1xxxxx' read of address 460CC7BE does anybody know what's going wrong with it and how it can be fixed.. thanks in advance

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:-| I upgraded from a working 40 gig to an 80 gig HDD using Ghost 2002. When I tried to boot the drive, the boot sector apparently was messed up. My version of Win XP Pro SP2 is an oem and the repair has been dissabled. I ran chkdsk/f and …

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Hello I am having a problem with my Medion MD-1704. (serial# 41704023301917) i just recently purchased a JVC dv-camcorder (model no. GR-D30U) and was excited to be able to rip these files directly into my computer - so i bought the firewire that would allow me to do so... .. …

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I run XP Pro and have been getting random blue screen crashes over the last few weeks and didn't know how to solve them. I decided the best bet was to format the hard drive (having backed up all my data) and reinstall everything. Now as I boot up from …

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I am working with a client who brought her computer home for the holidays, and now the sound won't work properly. When the user tries to play a sound file in any media player (i tried WMP and creative media jukebox) an alert comes up saying that the audio device …

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Hello. I have a little problem. I recently formated my hard drive and planned on dual booting XP and linux (probably Debian), however my XP will not connect to the internet. Everything worked great before the format. I know it's not the ISP, NIC, or cabling because if I install …

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Need help with windows xp please. Windows will not start up. Get the following message Checking file system on c: The type of file system is FAT32 One of your diss needs to be checked for consistency You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you …

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I am having a problem that I have been trying to solve for hours now but i'm completly perplexed. I am using Win XP Pro btw. Let me explain my situation. My non usb keyboard completly stopped working because the thing used to connect it to the computer is broken. …

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Hello, a friend of mine gave me his old computer and it has WinXP Professional Corporate Edition on it. He said he didn't have the CD, but gave me a CD key on a piece of paper. My question is, how to I tell if its a genuine copy, he …

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[COLOR=#000000]My computer was running really slow so I ran Spy Sweeper and it found this Trojan: trojan-backdoor-progdav. Spy sweeper quarantined it. Just to double check I ran Spy Sweeper again and the Trojan was there again. Spy Sweeper and Norton just don’t get rid of it for some reason. The …

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Hey, new to this but from what I've seen I think you can help. Have a Win 2K box, aquired several trojans recently when downloading I suspect. Used AVG, AVGAS, Ewido, Search and destroy, SD,and Trojan Hunter. the Bugs appear to be gone. However the only thing either Firefox or …

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I know there are probably already threads based on this problem but I have a time restriction and am trying to get answers pretty quickly. My computer won't start up because there is a missing system file "windows/system32/config/sytem" the usual missing file problem. I don't think I've ever done a …

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HI Im trying to macht Sokectes, Slots to their corresponding processor. any idea? Thanks in advance!

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I'm having problems with my internet explorer/firefox. Everytime i go to look at videos at steakandcheese.com or other video streaming sites my cpu usage goes to 100 the video doesnt play and my computer either crashes or i have to slowly use task manager to close internet explorer/firfox(problem is the …

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At work (2003 Active Directory) , we have got two domains: LMSD.au,,,,and LMSD.net,,,,,,,,(fake domain). LMSD.net was cancelled, What is the proper way to remove it from the DNS server ,,,,,because right now our mail firewall filter captured all the packets that destined to LMSD.net as spam. Regards What I am …

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lately my internet has been reconnecting many times for the last couple of days. i was wondering if theres anything wrong with it or if im just paranoid. THX!! heres the HJT log! THX very muchie! Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AOL\ACS\AOLacsd.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program …

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Hi! I'm in a bit of a bizarre situation and wonder if anyone could help. I realise this is a common post but I could not find a solution to my problem in any of them. Not too long ago I purchased 2 copies of Win XP Home for my …

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Hi, I am trying to access IPCONFIG, so I go to Run and enter IPCONFIG and press OK but the IPCONFIG black box will just flash for a second and then disappear! Does anybody know how I can make it appear on screen for more than a second? Cheers, Daniel.

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This seems to be a popular problem. I have Symantec Client Security or something like that. I loaded and ran Adaware-SE and CWShreader. Here is the HJT Log file. ----------- Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 8:38:19 PM, on 1/21/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer …

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Greetings, Hope I'd be able to get some advice here. My system has been laggy recently - especially with MS Office applicatioins. Thanks in advance. [code] Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:28:14 AM, on 1/22/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.5730.0011) Running processes: …

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How can I get winXP to remember what was on the screen when I hit shutdown? And then restore those windows when I boot it back up. So if I have my documents open, it opens my documents again when I restart. Thanks everyone.

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i get re-directed to this stupid website about every 5 seconds [URL]http://online-security-center.com/spy_detect/[/URL] what can i do to get rid of it

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We need to add a server that will reside Offsite in different building. It seems we must have an Internet carrier to install a T-1 with routers on both the external site and our company site. My problem is to make this server a member of our existing network. How …

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Helloooo again.:eek: so this time its not my computer playing around. its my boyfriends. ive found so far that he has the antivermon malware that a previous topic was posted about (but that i found no information from..) in his words of what's happened so far.. "I’ve been getting loads …

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Hi there! With the death of my old pc, I decided to try and make my new one. I have win2k (with SP2) which I have used a number of times on my old pc with success. It installed alright the first time around, but because it seemed to be …

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My laptop is sick. It was working when I went to work and when I returned home, my wife indicated it was doing something strange. She gets a lot of junk email in her yahoo account and I suspect something came in there. At first it was redirecting google searches …

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I am currently enrolled in a QBASIC class, where we use QBASIC 4.5 in a Windows XP environment. But for some reason, I am unable to get them to work properly at home. Specifically, my screen seems to only allow enough vertical room for a LOCATE to reach about 22 …

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Is any of that software using hardware decoding (i.e. your graphics card)? If it is, then try disabling that, but if it isn't, try enabling it. It may be one of those methods of decoding isn't working well for you. I'd recommend hardware decoding if at all possible.

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Hi I use win98se Each rime I restart my machine more new file are added, what are they and how can I solve this problem? THanks tori Attached jpgs example' but each time I restart the machine there are more and I keep deleting them again and agian but.....I want …

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Hello I have backed up some files and my e mails to an external drive. I have re installed xp on my computer. I backed up my emails with a program called email saver xe. Problem is that when i try to access the files on my external driive i …

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Hello everyone I'm using Windows Server 2003 and would like to force all my users (XP Pro) to be logged off after logon hours expire. The problem is that after logon hours have expired, logged on users remain logged on. They will not be logged off automatically by the system, …

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can you tell me the best way to clean the registry in my windows xp Thank-you

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Hi. I'm new here and I joined to see if I can get help with the following question. If you guys have any answers for me on which I should do, please try to be really detailed and not be extremely technical with your answers, because I'm not a big …

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Let's start by saying I'm not very technical, so please be patient with me. Within the last 6 months my motherboard died. At that point we put together a new system & the only items that we didn't replace were the cd/dvd drives, sound card, ati video card, and processor. …

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ok here is the problem, my mates computer has been showing "limited or no connectivity" on her local area connection for some time now.. ive searched for an answer but i cant find one.. because everones problems are to do with networks here are the facts: no router/network internet is …

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Hi.. I want to empty all the RecycleF bin in each one from the domain computer in my site . i use th GPS to set the properties to 0% space and for the system that will not move files to the recycle bin --deleted them. after the GPS start …

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Hello When I try to open up a *.wmv file i get the following error. Error:[B] Windows Media Player has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.[/B] I have tried codecs which usually help to fix this type of problem. I have also tried …

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I had my desktop hijacked, and I know there are a million ways to fix most being with Properties and customise desktop and delete some websites. The only problem with this is when I go to customise my options in Properties, there's one website and it won't allow me to …

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i want to design a program that can be used on any machine to ping their gateway. basically, what i was thinking i could do is create a batch file that first ran ipconfig. then it would run the ping command. to get the gateway, i was thinking using some …

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anytime I use a search engine such as google to look up something, when I click the desired link in the search results I am always redirected to a different website. The websites are typically search engines (I don't know whether real or fake) and sometimes they have the same …

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Hello everyone. My son sent me hardware several yrs ago and I assembled a tower, 17"monitor and printer. I am a retired Mechanical & Civil Engineer in SW FL. I have been using win98SE for some time. Son sent me a Win2kPro CD for my B/D, and I have been …

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system restore comes up blank nothing to choose from here is my hijack this: help me PLEASE!!! Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:39:47 PM, on 1/19/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe …

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i can delete some random pictures, and about 1% of files, but 99% of things on my computer just cant be deleted, it says they cant be read from the source file or something like that, what could it be :sad:

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right click, choose open with, the program i need isn't listed so i browse find the program in program files and open..............but it isn't part of the open list? This works fine on other pc's in office, what the _____ is going on. Anybody with any experince with something like …

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